Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2024

Michelle Hatton SOM, Associate Principal Originally from South Africa, Hatton started her career in Houston with Gensler. Over the years this has allowed her to hold positions of the highest responsibility in all the companies in her family’s multinational group; she is now group CEO.

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 22, 2018

From management to sales, or from customer service to the warehouse, each team helps to carry out our day-to-day processes. Delivering supplies after the flood to the Triumph Church Nederland, a local church in the Houston area. This past year, mother nature struck again when Hurricane Harvey flooded areas of Houston.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

19 on FCNews ’ Top 20 Distributors ’ 2019 list with projected sales of $92 million. Welch believes it can provide one-stop shopping—and a wide assortment of quality flooring products—to customers in this region, according to Keith Throm, vice president of sales-Midwest for E.J. Gilford-Johnson ranked No. With the transaction, E.J.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Houston—Swiff-Train Company has appointed Kay Ward to the newly created position of business unit manager, tile division. This role will encompass all aspects of the company’s tile business, including development, sales and strategic placement and marketing across many company channels.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2021

Like most businesses in Houston, Roberts Carpet & Fine Floors, with nine area locations, was closed from Sunday, Feb. We know we lost a week of sales and installations.”. He lost seven days of production from the installation technicians and five days of sales because they were unable to open the store. “We

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Seven years later, they have gone from a husband-and-wife team transporting samples in a pickup truck and making a few hundred thousand dollars in sales to a sturdy company with five mobile showrooms, a storefront and over $7 million in sales annually. You can get people with the sales skills and train them on the technical side.”

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Houston—Adam Rowland is the new business development representative for Spartan Surfaces. We excitedly welcome Adam Rowland to spearhead our efforts in Houston,” stated Mike Blasek, Spartan’s VP of sales. “We We excitedly welcome Adam Rowland to spearhead our efforts in Houston,” stated Mike Blasek, Spartan’s VP of sales.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Houston, Texas— Swiff-Train Company (STC) has enacted a sales personnel restructure to emphasize builder/multi-family service. The team will cover all BMF accounts statewide and be based in Dallas and Houston, respectively. Randy Boothe, Jessica Waller and Kara Carter of Swiff-Train Company. with a BMF and retail focus.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Houston— Swiff-Train Company has newly appointed Cole Hood as the company’s director of sales for Swiff-Train Distribution. In this role, Cole will lead the Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi sales teams for all channels.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 17, 2021

After those two months, we were ahead of sales from 2019, so it was business as usual,” said Brian McCarver, owner. “I Gary Touchton, general manager of Venetian Blinds Carpet One Floor & Home in Houston, wakes up every weekday by 3:30 a.m. was thinking about compensating installers. Investing in the right tools/equipment.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

Execute and follow up in all aspects of the sale—from the start of the sale to getting the order to ordering the material to receiving the material through the installation process. KELBY FREDERICK, My Flooring Texas, Houston MARKETING/PROMOTION Leverage social media “Social media is a great way to advertise.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Year-to-date, sales in our two retail stores are up a combined 23% over last year.”. I think things are largely unpredictable but likely to be rocky over the next few months,” said Sam Roberts, owner of Roberts Carpet & Flooring, with multiple locations in the Houston area. “No In Fort Myers, Fla.,

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Fellow Texas retailer Sam Roberts, owner of Roberts Carpet & Fine Floors, Houston, will not be in Las Vegas as he is celebrating the birth of his granddaughter. In his stead, sales manager Bill Siemon, will attend the NFA meeting as well as the first full day of Surfaces before returning home. Safety precautions in place.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 17, 2022

Houston, Texas—With over 24 years in the flooring industry, Michael Hurtado joins Spartan , spearheading growth in the Houston market. Building on his vast knowledge in all flooring categories, Hurtado said he will be leveraging the expertise of team lead and vice president of sales, Michael Blasek.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Houston, Texas—Swiff-Train Company has promoted Jason Nigh to the role of vice president of sales – STC North America; and Chris Killen to the role of director of sales – North America distribution. These are two of the most talented sales leaders I have ever had the pleasure to work with,” said Shane Calloway, XYZ. “We

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By Ken Ryan—N othing—not a global supply chain slowdown, labor shortage or delta variant—has put a crimp in sales for flooring dealers as they enter the fall season with gale-force winds at their backs. Multiple retailers say they are up double digits in 2021 vs. 2020, and for many 2020 was their historical high-water mark for sales.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Jeremy Sax, director of sales at Interceramic USA, talks tile with O’Krent Floors executives (from left): Margie O’Krent, Sam O’Krent and Jason O’Krent. With Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana as its core territories, Fuzion is already doing business with Houston-based Roberts Carpet & Fine Floors and Akin Bros.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2024

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, meanwhile, brought in more revenue in North America in 2023 than dozens of nations generate in a year, amassing upwards of $1 billion in ticket sales alone for the North American tour. European summer vacations were particularly popular, with a 26% increase from the previous year. What’s more, consumers spent $145.5

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2021

For the resilient category—the fastest growing in the industry—new innovations as well as tried-and-true staples are key for retailers looking to capitalize on the unexpected boost in sales that capped off 2020 and is poised to continue in 2021. No hassle once you make the sale, which during COVID-19 is a hard thing to find.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

B elknap-Haines’ acquisition of Houston-based STC (formerly Swiff-Train) expands the territory of the industry’s top-ranked distributor well beyond its East Coast roots. Moreover, with the STC purchase, Belknap-Haines’ 2022 sales are projected to be $700 million. .

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

For MSI, the indoor/outdoor trend has been a priority for some time now, but the company has officially launched—along with several product lines—a new display designed to help the dealer make that indoor/outdoor sale at Coverings 2022. “We We have about 5 million square feet right now in the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2022

Houston, Texas—While OneFlor USA may be just getting started, there is no shortage of commercial flooring experience within its team, according to the company. Andrew Heeter, VP sales. Tim has over 25 years experience in the flooring industry with a focus on technical sales support, claims resolution and product development.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By Ken Ryan—N othing—not a global supply chain slowdown, labor shortage or delta variant—has put a crimp in sales for flooring dealers as they enter the fall season with gale-force winds at their backs. Multiple retailers say they are up double digits in 2021 vs. 2020, and for many 2020 was their historical high-water mark for sales.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Specifically, the Footprints Floors team is targeting California, New Jersey, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland for expansion. Given the brand has established a strong presence in many states, some expansion markets already have well-known territories in operation with strong performance.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

– Kelby Frederick, My Flooring Texas, Houston. Part of the reason we don’t have many disgruntled customers is setting the proper expectations before, during and after the sales, but some things are out of our control. Once we investigate the root cause, it usually is much less worse than we feared.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Houston—EarthWerks takes the wraps off its new visualizer tool, EarthWerks Visions. With EarthWerks Visions, our customers, distributors and sales team will be able to quickly access all of our flooring collections, and see how they fit into their custom spaces,” said Lindsey Nisbet, director of marketing, EarthWerks.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Stokes’ responsibilities will encompass revenue growth, sales leadership and contributing to the overall business strategies of the region, which includes Austin, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Tulsa. . “Scott is an amazing addition to our company,” said Brian Caress, CEO.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In 2022, he saw his sales quadruple. In-Home Floors Houston Founded on the idea of quality service and quality products, In-Home Floors specializes in the customer experience—combining the best of the retail showroom and the shop-at-home experience, according to Adrian Rojas, owner/CEO. Don’t over-think it—go for what you want.”

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In Johnson’s case, his business migrated to “Cloud hosting” for services like RFMS and data storage, providing sales and operations team members with iPads so they could access the information stored in the Cloud in real-time regardless of location. Having the right contingency plan in place is a necessity for flooring businesses.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JUNE 17, 2019

The bulk of the expense in selling your house is the closing costs, which include real agent commissions, sales taxes and state transfer taxes. The actual amount is a percentage based on the home’s sale price and can vary widely. Houston, TX: $12,342. It’s usually deducted from the home sale’s proceeds.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Once you sign the sales contract, you can close on your home sale anytime between five days and 90 days — your choice. Zillow Offers is currently only available in certain markets: select zip codes in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Raleigh and Riverside. Image: Stasique/Shutterstock.

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JG Kitchens

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

And I absolutely will never shop “Black Friday” sales on Thursday! Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Houston and Northern California. I don’t indulge in Black Friday shopping and probably never will. That should be a holiday for retail workers, too.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

That’s more than enough to support our monthly sales.”. First and foremost, the company plans to expand geographically beyond its existing territories and into Houston and Atlanta. AFD boasts several large facilities in California—a 34,000-square-foot warehouse in Ontario, and a 27,000-square-foot branch in Commerce. “We

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JG Kitchens

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

And I absolutely will never shop “Black Friday” sales on Thursday! Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Houston and Northern California. I don’t indulge in Black Friday shopping and probably never will. That should be a holiday for retail workers, too.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In choosing their top retailer partners, suppliers looked beyond sales volume to other key attributes such as communication skills, trust, company culture and even benevolence as differentiating factors. One of the new connections made at the event was with Mike Lockman, flooring sales manager at Meeks Midwest, a Division of USLBM.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 31, 2022

They just raised their sales volume by 25% over the past year with the five increases without installing one additional yard of carpet. Repricing the sales floor is expensive and disruptive. Sam Roberts, Roberts Carpet & Fine Floors Houston. I tell my members to look at price increases like a pay raise.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 23, 2023

For dealers like Alfred Soyyar, owner of Houston, Texas-based Buffaloe Floors and Up, it was an opportunity that arose out of necessity. Having experience on the installation side, Nelson said he understood the philosophy behind in-home sales. Carney is shifting to mobile-based sales with 75% of his business coming from the road.

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